19th century – J.E.S. Hays

Short-Short: Conversational Rules for Gentlemen

JES Hays — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 11:55:28 +0000

The Art of Manliness: Rules of Conversation for Gentlemen from 1875!

Short-Short: Entertainment in the 19th Century

JES Hays — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:43:58 +0000

HERE’S a link to a nice little site where you can find scanned photos of actual entertainment brochures – programs and such – from the Victorian Era

Short-Short: The 19th Century in Print

JES Hays — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:31:53 +0000

HERE’S a good link to some periodicals from the 19th Century.

Short-Short: Victorian Occupations

JES Hays — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:14:12 +0000

HERE’S a neat link – occupations in the Victorian era. It’s got a lot of strictly British terms, but there’s enough overlap for those of you who write historical fiction set in other countries.

Short-Shorts: Dime Novels

JES Hays — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:03:02 +0000

Since Chance writes penny dreadfuls as a hobby, of course I had to do my research. HERE’S a good little collection of dime novels for you to peruse.

Short-shorts: Photos of the Wild West

JES Hays — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:35:15 +0000

Legends of America has a great PHOTO GALLERY – tons of photos of the Old West for research.